Posts from the ‘Science’ Category
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“How Terror Hijacks The Brain”
Fear short circuits the brain, especially when it hits close to home. When people are terrorized, the smartest parts of our brain tend to shut down.
The normal long pathways through the orbitofrontal cortex, where people evaluate situations in a logical and conscious fashion and consider the risks and benefits of different behaviors — that gets short circuited.
This dramatically alters how we think, the neural networks in the brain that are involved in rational, abstract cognition — essentially, the systems that mediate our most humane and creative thoughts — are very sensitive to emotional states, especially fear.
So when people are terrorized, Problem solving becomes more categorical, concrete and emotional we become more vulnerable to reactive and short-sighted solutions.
This warping of your perspective and perception is exactly what terrorists aim to achieve. Terrorists are trying to induce fear and panic. Their mission is to Hijack your brain. Just think about it…
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“The Science of PSAs – Do Anti-Drug Ads Work?”
The government has poured hundreds of millions of dollars a year into buying ad spots for anti-drug propaganda. But does it work? some have any suggested for some kids, seeing anti-drug ads makes them curious about what doing drugs would be like, even if they had never had that curiosity before.
Even without heavy-handed ad campaigns and public service annoucements, convincing kids not to do drugs is a tricky beast. Do public service announcements of Anti-Drug Ads Keep Kids Off Drugs? Well from the science and market research conducted I would just say no, just think about it…
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“What’s Killing the Bees?”
Honeybees die and that is nothing new and beekeepers accept this and on average 30% or more of their livestock will vanish each spring as well. But when more than half of all the honeybees in this country die almost at once — that is new. And that’s what happened this spring.
So what is killing all the bees? Almost everything is. Unfortunately, there’s little that anyone can do about it. Only by completely reworking agricultural practices can these insects possibly be saved. Until then, it’s likely that their numbers will keep declining, which means bad news for farmers who need them to pollinate their crops.
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Warning: Spoilers ahead – ‘Behind the Curtain’, unlike any other movie review show. Listen to Gareth and Alex as they dissect their favourite films in true Mind Set style. Asking the questions other shows are afraid to ask and revealing what’s hiding in plain sight.
Prometheus (2012)
“How far would you go to get your answers?.”
Where did we come from? Why are we here? Through stunning visuals and dark corridors ‘Prometheus’ explores the notion of creation and the creator. But are we wise to search out our God and how far you would go to find ‘him’?
Travelling to a distant planet, a mixed group of Wayland Corporation employees go to find life… Alien life. Written as a prequel to the 1979 blockbuster, Ridley Scott has returned once again to direct another chapter in the ‘Alien’ saga.
Taking influences from real alternative history’s we are shown our ‘engineers’ and prompted to question our faith. Is the search ‘out there’ an excuse to avoid looking ‘within’? If you believe in God will ‘he’ believe in you?
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“Asteroid Mining One Step Closer to Reality”
Encouraged by new space technologies, a growing fleet of commercial rockets and the vast potential to generate riches, a group of entrepreneurs announced recently that they planned to mine the thousands of near-Earth asteroids in the coming decades. The new company, Deep Space Industries (DSI). they are aggressively going after what Mark Sonter, a member of DSI’s board of directors, called “the main resource opportunity of the 21st century.”
Prospecting using miniaturized “cubesat” probes the size of a laptop will begin by 2015, company executives announced. They plan to return collections of asteroid samples to Earth not long after.
There are some 9,000 asteroids described as “near-Earth,” and they contain several classes of resources that entrepreneurs are now eyeing as economically valuable. Elements such as gold and platinum can be found on some asteroids. But water, silicon, nickel, and iron are the elements expected to become central to a space “economy” should it ever develop. Water can be “mined” for its hydrogen (a fuel) and oxygen (needed for humans in space), while silicon can be used for solar power systems, and the ubiquitous nickel and iron for potential space manufacturing.
DSI’s prospecting spacecraft will be called “FireFlies.” The FireFlies will hitchhike on rockets carrying up communication satellites or scientific instruments, but they will be designed so that they also have their own propulsion systems. The larger mining spacecraft to follow have been named “DragonFlies.”
Although there is little competition in the asteroid mining field so far, DSI has some large hurdles ahead of it. While these potential space entrepreneurs are confident they can physically lay claim to resources beyond Earth, there remain untested legal issues.
The United Nations Space Treaty of 1967 expressly forbids ownership of other celestial bodies by governments on Earth. But American administrations have long argued that the same is not true of private companies and potential mining rights.
These developments would help humanity extend its reach throughout the solar system, a necessary step along the path to interstellar flight, experts say. With asteroid mining there are vast challenges and risks ahead, but equally there could be an equally vast potential—both financial and societal. – Just think about it…
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“Want To Colonize Mars? Applications Now Being Accepted”
NASA astronauts all have military backgrounds, and familiarity with supersonic aircraft is all but a requirement, the first humans on Mars could be average civilians.
The Mars One project, a not-for-profit organization that seeks to establish a permanent human settlement on Mars in 2023, is now accepting applications. And all that is required at this stage is that the applicant be over the age of 18.
Naturally, the spots are limited, so the organization says it is looking for individuals who “have a deep sense of purpose, willingness to build and maintain healthy relationships, the capacity for self-reflection and ability to trust. They must be resilient, adaptable, curious, creative and resourceful.” Candidates are also expected to commit to a minimum of eight years extensive training.
Mars One plans to fund their endeavors largely through a global reality television event following astronaut selection through the settlers’ first years on Mars. So far, the company says, more than 1,000 interested applicants have gotten in touch. The move, by the way, is permanent. There are no plans to return the pioneers to Earth.
When you think of traditional space travelers and exploration you may associate it with astronauts,scientists and now even robots . Though in this case the first inhabitants of another planet other than Earth will be your average Earthling and hopeful reality television star, just think about it…
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